D&D General Gargoyles need to be redone.

[Brendan Byrd]

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[dave2008]

now I got time to respond

@dave2008

I need to explain.

I am an old greybeard, anthropologist by training (if not by trade), and amateur historian.
I have been gaming for a long time.

when you say "But I see no reason to so thoroughly change 50 years of D&D tradition", where is the break off?

Do we go back to Castle Blackmoor, which had a stupid amount of modern anachronisms, including a gift shop?

Do we go back to kobolds, which changed from dog people to little dragon dudes (started in Dragon Mountain)?

I absolutely love the 2024 redesign of Cyclops that adds a heavy Krull element to the monsters, and for the first time, I have so many ideas of doing fun things.

That being said.

I will be open to all alternative names to avoid complications, but I will also have them refer to them as gargoyles and include any alternative names you suggest.
Barrowfaces
Cradlestone Folk
Choirkin
Craglings
Grotesqueries
Mortarchs
Nightwardens
Spitecarved
Wardenstones
Watchborn
Vigilants

Any of these work?

I explained in a later post, but what I was against was the OP title suggesting gargoyles had to be redone. I love your idea for gargoyles, I just think they should be an addition to, or as a specific setting replacement, not a replacement for the whole game.